Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema, presented by the Arab British Centre, will run from 21 – 27 September and is the most ambitious programme of popular Arab film seen in the UK.
The programme explores a fifty-year period of filmmaking that demonstrates the diversity and complexity of Arab cinema. The season will focus on Egyptian cultural production and is curated by Egyptian-born Omar Kholeif, curator of Liverpool’s FACT.
Programme highlights include: Terrorism and the Kebab, a farcical comedy starring controversial comedy legend Adel Imam and denouncing the absurdity of bureaucracy in modern Egypt; Yacoubian Building, a portrait of corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo; and Watch out for ZouZou, a sensual film made before the demise of cultural liberalism and starring tragic Egyptian screen icon Soad Hosni.
visit www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk for more info!
